Shirt board



March 31, 1953 ToMARlN 2,633,275

SHIRT BOARD Filed Oct. 24, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. J HARRY. A. TOMARIN ATTQ NEY March 31, 1953 H. A. TOMARIN SHIRT BOARD 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed 001.. 24, 1951 INVENTOR.

HARRY A. TOMARIN Wm J1 ATTORNE March 31, 1953 H. A. TOMARIN 2,633,275

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HARRY, A. TOMARIN BY Patented Mar. 31 1953 I 2,633,275 SHIRT BOARD Harry A. Tomarin, Loroco Industries a corporation of Ohio Application October 24, 1951, Serial No. 252,847 6 Claims. (01. 223-71) This invention relates to shirt boards.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, one-piece shirt board about which a shirt, or similar item of wearing apparel, may be folded and secured without requiring the use of pins, tapes, ties, or other miscellaneous items.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shirt board having provided therein a double looking panel which is so constructed and arranged as to secure portions of a garment wrapped around the side edges of the board in positive relationship therewith, and for providing a retaining edge over which the tail portion of the garment may be folded for thereby securely, though releasably, anchoring the shirt onto the shirt board.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shirt board having rounded corners and side and bottom edges which may be rolled for thereby precluding the occurrence of sharp crease lines in the garment mounted thereon.

A further object of the'invention is to provide a shirt board having the hereinabove described characteristics and which may be stacked for transportation and storage purposes in a flat condition, thereby requiring a minimum of space.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a shirt board which may be quickly and effectively set up from its fiat storage position for association with a shirt or similar garment, wherein the board may be quickly set-up by hand without requiring the use of fixtures, jigs, or the like on the part of an operator.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a shirt board having the hereinabove described characteristics which may be associated with a laundered shirt immediately after the shirt has been ironed, and'before leaving the ironing station.

'These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and as disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank fabricated from a sheet of flexible fibrous material embodying the teachings of the present invention.

7 Fig. 2 is similar to Fig. 1 showing the side and bottom edges of the blank in a fully set-up or rolled condition preparatory for association with 'a-shirt r similar garment.

I and intermediate the length of side Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to Incorp orated, Reading, Ohio,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing a shirt mounted on the board of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the assembly of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a rear view of a shirt having a shirt board embodying the teachings of the present invention operatively associated therewith and illustrating the shirt in the process of being mounted to the board.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 illustrating the next step in the process of securing the shirt to the board.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 with the tail portion of the shirt folded upwardly over the bottom edge of the shirt board.

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the shirt assembly of Fig. 4.

With reference now to Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral l0 denotes generally a piece of flexible, fibrous sheet material such as cardboard, comprising a body portion of substantially rectangular contour. The numerals l2 and I4 denote strips or panels along the side and bottom edges of the board, said strips being foldable upwardly and inwardly along score lines I6 and I8 for providing the rolled, or box-like eifect to the side and bottom edges of the board, as more clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. It will be noted that score lines I8 are preferably in axial alignment with the side and bottom edges, 20 and 22, of the board when folded and ready for use.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the lower side corners of the board are rounded as at I9 for reasons hereinafter more fully ex plained.

A double locking panel denoted generally by the numeral 24 is provided in and transversely of the body portion adjacent the upper end 26. The locking panel is defined by an upper flap 28 and a lower flap 38. The upper flap includes an upper edge 30 and downwardly divergent side edges 32, which terminate at their lower ends in inturned portions 34.

The lower flap 38 is defined by edge 46, preferably arcuate in contour, the free ends 42 of which terminate in spaced relationship with and below upper edge 30 of upper flap 28 and inwardly of edges 32 of said upper flap.

The locking panel is articulated or connected to the board between the respective adjacent ends of the upper and lower flaps as at 50.

With reference now to Fig. 1, it will be noted that the shirt board may be economically stacked for purposes of transportation and storage in a fiat form. When it is desired to utilize the shirt board the strips 12 and [4 along the side and bottom edges may be quickly set up .by an operator for placing the board in condition for association with a shirt.

With particular reference now to Fig. 6, it will be noted that in use the shirt board is first laid or placed upon the back panel 52 of a laundered shirt or similar article of apparel, with the upper edge 26, preferably reduced in width as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, inserted upwardly beneath the rear portion of collar 21, thereby deflnitely locating the board with reference to the shirt.

One side portion, such as 54, of the shirt is then folded over one rolled side edge of the shirt board (such as the left edge, Fig '6) and the said upper portions including portions of sleeve 56 are disposed beneath flap 38. The other side portion 58 of the shirt and adjacent sleeve portions 69 are then folded over the'other or right rolled edge of the shirt board for disposing certain portions thereof in overlapping relationship with side portions 56 and sleeve 56, and with the upper portions of the side portion 58 and sleeve 60 also tucked beneath flap 38, as clearly illustrated in Fig. '7. The numerals 62 and B4 denote generally pockets provided in the front or blouse portion of the shirt.

With particular reference now to Fig. 7, it will be understood that the overall width of the folded shirt, including those portions of the tail indicated generally by the numeral 66, are of a dimension substantially equal to the lateral spacing between the side edges of the shirt board of Fig. 2.

Portions 68 of the shirt tail are then folded under and upwardly over the lower box-like edge 22 of the shirt board in overlapping relationship with those portions of the shirt illustrated in Fig. 7 to the position illustrated in Fig. '8.

Those portions of the shirt tail disposed above upper edge 30 of upper flap 28 (see Fig. 8) are then folded downwardly over said edge for dis posing such portions of the shirt tail downwardly-under flap 28 and in contactingrelationship with the innermost face of the material overlappingly engaged by lower flap 38, thereby effectively securing the shirt to the shirt board without requiring the use of pins, bands or other miscellaneous items.

It should be noted that the structural characteristics of the double locking panel 24 are such that the locking effect of lower flap 38 upon those portions of the shirt disposed thereunder, will .be materially augmented incident to the outward shifting of the upper free edge 30 of upper flap 28 incident to the folding of a shirt tail thereover.

Heretofore both new and laundered shirts have acquired undesirable creases along their side and bottom folds and in their pocket portions when secured to the prior art shirt boards with which I am familiar. All such undesirable creasing is materially lessened if not eliminated entirely by use of my shirt board. The folded side and bottom edges of the board Ii! provide positive supports over which the shirt may be folded wherein the width of such supports is such as to preclude the formation of a crease in the shirt.

I have likewise eliminated the likelihood of undesirable creases in the pocket portions of a shirt by means of rounded edges l9 which permit the shirt fabric to assume a free non-restricted fold free of sharp or otherwise undesirable creases.

It should .be understood that various changes and modifications in the structural details of the device may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

l. A shirt board comprising a body portion of substantially rectangular contour having a transversely extending panel provided therein, said ita comprising an upper flap having an upper edge extending transversely of the body and a lower flap spaced 'below the upper edge of the upper flap with a portion of the lower flap disposed within the confines of the upper flap, the lower flap having a lower edge extending transversely of the body below the said edge of the upper flap, and said panel having its ends connected to the board between the adjacent ends of the said edges of the upper and lower flaps.

2. A shirt board comprising a body portion of substantially rectangular contour having a. transversely extending panel provided therein, said panel comprising an upper flap including an upper edge and downwardly divergent side edges, and a lower flap having a lower edge the ends of which terminate inwardly of ends of the panel, the said ends of the lower flap being located intermediate the length of the downwardly extending side edges of the upper flap, said panel connected to the board by portions extending between the adjacent ends of the upper and lower flaps.

3. A shirt board comprising a body portion of substantially rectangular contour having a trans]- versely extending panel provided therein, said panel comprising an upper flap including a substantially straight upper edge the opposite ends of which terminate in downwardly divergent side edges, and a lower flap including an arcuate d e h n s of h Qh r s a ed l w th JP- pe d of t pp r flan n termi ate na Di d n m dia th en t of the e edges o e u p r fla Sai Pan l 551- nsc e i the b ar etwee he adj ag nt ends of the upper and lower flaps.

4. A Shirt oard mpr sin a od po ion o substantially rectangular contour having a transv e te n dc e lo k ng a el r vided therein adjacent the upper edge, said panel comprising an upper flap and a lower flap artic ulated to the board intermediate their respective opposite ends, said lower flap adapted to overlappingly engage folded portions of a shirt wrapped around'the side edges of the board. said upper flap providing an" edge over which the tail portion of a shirt wrapped around'the bottom edge'of the board is foldable.

A shirt a d a e cri e n and y claim 4 wherein the side and bottom edges of the body portion are provided with scoring about which the edges may be turned for providing rolled edges on thebody portion.

6. A shirt board comprising a body portion of substantially rectangular contour having a transversely extending double locking panel provided therein adjacent the upper edge, said panel deflned by an upper lien and an oppositely PIO- jecting lower flap, said flaps articulated to the board intermediate their respective opposite ends, said lower flap adapted to overlappingly engage folded portions of a shirt wrapped around the side edges of the board, said upper flap providing an edge above the lower flap over which the tail portion of a shirt wrapped around the bottom edge of the board is foldable for disposing it in contacting relationship with the innermost face of the material overlappingly engaged by said lower flap, said lower flap being urged against the material thereunder by reason of the introduction of material over the upper edge of the upper flap.

HARRY A. TOMARIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,852,604 Canfield Apr. 5, 1932 2,081,408 Reich May 25, 1937 2,128,421 Lewenberg Aug. 30, 1938 

